Plow hitch



@ct. l6 1923.

J. WANSING PLOW HITCH Filed Dec. 25 19.20 v 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 gnaw/MM J." WANSING PLOW HITCH '2 Shets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec., 25 i920 Patented Get. 16, 1923..

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PLOW rrircnj Application filed December 23, 1820..Seria1;1?o. 432,754,:

' Plow Hitch, of which the following is a specification.

v The device forming the subject matter of this application is a plow hitch and the in vention aims to provide a hitch which may be adjusted so as to regulate the thickness of a furrow slice when a plo is being operated on a side hill.

Nhen a plow is drawnalong a side hill, by a tractor, the forward end of the tractor can be kept in the furrow with a reasonable degree of accuracy. The hind endof the tractor, however, tends to slide downhill, and the plow, which is behind the tractor, sags ofi still more, the result being that the plo takes too much land. r

The device forming thisapplication is so constructed that the undesirable result above alluded to can be avoided. I

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains. 1 V

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, with in the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in top plan, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is an elevation, looking in the direction of the arrow in Figure 1; and Figure 3 is a fragmental longitudinal section taken through one end of the traction bar.

The numeral 1 denotes a traction bar comprising parts 2 and 3 having their inner ends overlapped and connected by bolts 5, the part 2 having a plurality of holes 6 for the reception of the bolts 5, to the end that an adjustment in the length of the traction bar 1 may be made. In the forward end of the part 2 of the traction bar 1 there is a slot"7. The forward end of the part 2 of the tracsubject matter of tion bar is received in all-shaped coupling 8,111 the rear end of the couplingi8 there is a slot 9', A securing. element .10is mount' ed lIltllQ part2 andis rece ved .in the. slot 9."

A securing element-l1 is-mounted in the the fcouplin'g 8 there is an opening 14; re-

9 coupling 8 and is received in the slot? The i ceiving: a clevis 15 connected at 16 to a part. i

1'? of a tractor. A connecting bo lt 18 is zzzonntcd in the clevis 15 and is engaged with" the forward end of the-coupling 8.

The numeral 19 denotes plow carrying bar disposed at an angleito the traction bar 1 pivotelement 2O unites thebzirsg19 and 1., A bracket 21- is mounted on one end otthe bar 19 and is held'thereto by bolts 22 and 220. it c cvis 23 is mounted on the bolt 220. bolt 24: connects a clevis25 with the I bar 19, The clevises 25 and 23"form means whereby a plow 26 may be connected tothe bar 19; oftheplow hitch. For the sake of adjustment, a pluralityv of openings 27 are formed in the bar 19, for the reception of the bolts 24, 22 and 220.

The numeral 28 denotes a third bar, 10- catcd at an angle to the bars 19 and 1. The forward end of the bar 28 extends across the bar 1. 7 On the rear end of the bar 28 there is a wear strip 29 having a. downturned end 19 engaging the end of the bar 28, for reinforcement. On the lower edge of the bar 28 there is a bracket 30. Securing elements 31 connect the bracket 30 and the wear strip 29 with the bar 28. The plowcarrying bar 19 is received, at one end, be tween one end of the bracket 30 and the corresponding end of the member 28 (see I the lea-r 28 at the forward end thereof, to prevent the said bar from splitting outwardly from the slot 34. A guide bolt 35 his mounted slidably in the slot 33 and is held in the part 2 ot the traction bar 1,

and said part 2 having a plurality of open,

- beneath the bar 28. A frame 37 is attached pivoted at 1 by securing elenients38to the bar 28 and comprises a segment 39. A. lever lO is to the frame 37 and to the bar 28, the segment 39 being sustained from the bar 28 by means oi a brace e2. The lever 40 carries a: latch mechanism 4L3 cooperating vith the segment 39. In the lower end of the lever {l0 there are a plurality of openings 40. Any one of these openings is adapted to cooperate with one of a plurality of openings in the rear end of the brace 36. The cooperating openings 40 and 45 receive a pivot element as, in the form of a bolt, connecting the lower end of the lever 4.0 with the brace 36, and, consequently, with the traction bar 1.

It will be clear that by shifting the lever t0, the bar 28 will be moved endwise and will slide transversely of the bar 1, on the guide bolt 35, it being possible to hold the parts in adjusted positions, by engaging the latch mechanism with the segment 39. When'the contour of the plow hitch is altered, as above explained, the position of the plow 26 with respect to the tractor 17 will b changed accordin ly. The device atlords a simple means whereby without shitting the positions of bolts, or making other time consuming adjustments, the position of a plow may be regulated, on a side hill, so as to cause the plow to take in more or less land, as explained in the opening por' tion of this specification.

Having thus described the what is claimed is:

plow hitch comprising a traction bar including rela ively niovable parts permitting an adjust. in the length of the bar; means for holding said parts of the bar against relative movement and in adjusted positions; a plow-carrying bar pivoted to the traction ha; a third bar; means for pivotally c nnecting the piow-carrying bar with the third barat adjusted points longi tudinally oi the third bar; means for mounting the third bar sli-dably on the traction bar; a frame extended longitudinally 01"" the outer edge of the third bar and spaced therefrom, the frame constituting a reinforcement for the third bar; a pivot element carried by the frame and located in horizontal aiinenient with the third bar; a lever mounted to swing on the pivot ele ment; abrace connected to the traction bar and extended longitudinally of the third bar; and means for connecting the lever pivotally with" the brace at adjusted points longitudinally of the brace.

in testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto altixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOllll VVANSl'NG.

invention,

Witnesses FRANK OTKE, H. W. SGHMEER. 

